OT Cybersecurity 
Webinars

OT Security in the Power Grid: Insights from Security Assessments of 100+ Substations and Power Plants

This webinar presents key findings based on an extensive security advisory and vulnerability dataset covering dozens of OT and network equipment vendors. The analysis includes roughly 15,000 vulnerabilities collected from 6,000 vendor security advisories across multiple years. After explaining how this data was obtained, we show how vulnerability volume, severity, and vendor disclosure practices evolved in 2025 and how they compare to long-term trends.

Agenda Points:

• Understand recent vulnerability trends in the context of long-term OT exposure patterns
• Learn how vendor disclosure practices influence risk visibility and response planning
• Understand how attack vectors and CWE classes shape exploitability in OT environments
• Derive practical takeaways for risk prioritization in energy and power grid environments

OT Vulnerability Management for Energy Systems: What Works – and What Fails

In this 45-minute webinar, we’ll explore why standard practices like constant patching and vulnerability scans do not work in this context, and how to design a risk-focused vulnerability management process tailored to the operational constraints of the power grid. Using real-world insights from energy systems and live access to our specialized OT vulnerability database, we’ll highlight the most common pitfalls, share current vulnerability trends for 2025, and outline actionable steps for building an OT vulnerability program for power plants, substations, and SCADA networks.

Agenda Points:

• Learn how to set up a vulnerability management process for OT systems
• Understanding where to find actionable OT vulnerability information
• How to match vendor security advisories to your OT devices
• Applying best practices in exposure management for utility automation devices

Live Hack in the Power Grid: From Phishing to Blackout

In this live, high-fidelity simulation we will walk you through a complete OT intrusion – from a phishing mail to coordinated breaker operations in multiple substations – against an environment that already has Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), network segmentation, OT firewalls, and isolated zones. We expose how identity gaps, weak trust boundaries, and protocol misuses chain together to defeat “best practice” defenses.

Agenda Points:

• Understand end-to-end attack progression in power grid OT networks
• Diagnose why MFA, segmentation, and OT firewalls can fail under real attacker trade craft
• See, in real time, how each attacker’s action appears in an OT IDS (alerts, anomalies)
• Recognize typical lateral paths across office/plant boundaries

Online Training: Fundamentals of Electrical Substation Cybersecurity

Ethernet is a fast, reliable, and scalable Local Area Network (LAN) technology that is becoming the predominant standard within modern digital substations. This two-day course provides participants with a solid foundation in Operational Technology (OT) LAN cybersecurity fundamentals. Through a blend of lectures, instructor-led demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises, participants will learn how to recognize cybersecurity risks and apply practical mitigation strategies in substation environments.

Online Training: Fundamentals of Electrical Substation Cybersecurity

Ethernet is a fast, reliable, and scalable Local Area Network (LAN) technology that is becoming the predominant standard within modern digital substations. This two-day course provides participants with a solid foundation in Operational Technology (OT) LAN cybersecurity fundamentals. Through a blend of lectures, instructor-led demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises, participants will learn how to recognize cybersecurity risks and apply practical mitigation strategies in substation environments.

Overview of the OMICRON IEC 61850 Testing Solutions

Join this webinar to get an overview about the OMICRON testing solutins for digital substation environments. Learn choosing the right tool for testing and assessing the several aspects of IEC 61850 in digital substations.

Cybersecurity in Substations - Important Basics for Protection and SCADA Engineers

Cybersecurity requirements are increasingly becoming part of the daily work of protection and control engineers. The aim of this webinar is therefore to gain some important basic knowledge of Cybersecurity in substations. In addition, the technical mechanisms of cyber attacks will be explained in order to gain a deeper understanding of Cybersecurity.
After this webinar you will be familiar with the basic concepts of a comprehensive Cybersecurity strategy for substation networks.

Cybersecurity in Substations – Attack Vectors on Substations and their Countermeasures

Get a concise overview of cyber threats on substations and their countermeasures. Learn on which paths attackers could reach substation networks and how adversaries could use this to even influence protection and control devices. This webinar presents the attack vectors on substations and describes the different countermeasures to mitigate these threats.
With this knowledge you can actively contribute to reduce your substation’s exposure to potential cyberattacks.
 

Cybersecurity in Substations – StationGuard Live in Action

In this webinar, we will show a live simulation of cyber attacks and communication errors on the station bus and it will be shown how the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) StationGuard can detect these threats and malfunctions.
First, the operating principle of StationGuard will be explained and it will be shown why this system has been tailor-made for substations. Subsequently, StationGuard is configured and demonstrated for a substation.
After this webinar you will know how IDS can increase the security of your substations.

Live-Hack of a Substation

In this webinar recording, we demonstrate in a fictional scenario how attackers can reach into the network in a substation via the Internet, place malware on an RTU, and then switch circuit breakers. We also present security measures which could have prevented this fictional attack.

A detailed course of action for this hack will be presented and the security gaps will be revealed. In addition, we will showcase potential security measures by means of our Intrusion Detection System (IDS) StationGuard.

After this webinar recording, you will know about the possible dangers of cyber attacks on your substation and you will have learned why an IDS can increase the security of your substations.

Utility Cybersecurity: Recommended Practices by OMICRON and DNV

With power grids gradually becoming software intensive and digitally connected, their exposure to cyber threats has increased, putting key assets and the operations of an organization at risk. At the same time, the sophistication of cyber-attacks is rising.

In this joint webinar recording, speakers from DNV and OMICRON present their insights about recommended practices for ensuring the cybersecurity of OT-networks in utilities and for ensuring efficient detection and response processes. The key for securing the power grid is that IT security officers and power engineers work together to implement security measures while still allowing efficient maintenance and operation of the grid.

Joint Webinar by OMICRON and Applied Risk: OT Risk Assessment in the Power Grid Domain

In this joined webinar, speakers from Applied Risk and OMICRON will address the importance of identifying, estimating, and prioritizing information security risk for ensuring the cybersecurity of OT-Networks in power grids. Get an insight on how to address the common attack vectors on substations and control centers and how attackers can exploit them. 

You will find something practical to your environment regardless of your current cybersecurity maturity.

A Tour Through IFE's Cyber Security Center and OT Incident Response Lifecycle by IFE and OMICRON

In this joint webinar, a speaker from IFE and OMICRON provides insights into the CybWin Project and the core deliverables for Critical Infrastructure from Legacy to Digital Twin. The speakers will also explore the incident response measures that organizations should consider in anticipation of possible attacks.

Importance of security monitoring and intrusion detection in OT

In this webinar, a speaker from Jacobs and OMICRON provide insights into importance of security monitoring and logging combined with IEC 62443 standard. The speakers will also cover the cyberattack scenarios in substation environment with a live demo.